In an ideal world using multiple insect and other animal pollinator sources would be the best way of maximising yields of pollination dependent crops. However, we are in a world where rates of agricultural productivity improvement are declining while there is increasing demand because of population and income growth. The most likely conclusion, to satisfy demand will be through increased intensification of existing technologies, fertilisers, land use and pesticides as examples. The only viable alternative in a more intensified agriculture for pollination is through the provision of managed pollination services which comes back to honeybees. They are generalists and can be used for most pollination services. I hope I am wrong in my expectations of technological progress but in a worst-case scenario, managed pollination will become more crucial than ever.

Industrial agriculture is failing the planet. Keeping the pollinators alive is how we shall keep people alive. Ban pesticides, GMOS and all the chemical crap being foisted upon us by the criminal class. Close Monsanto if we want to keep feeding the people of this planet